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Unified Communications Market Growing and Wide Open

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 06:04 AM ET | Dec 22, 2008

Initially, companies installed IP PBXs to reduce their voice communications costs. Now that some of those benefits are being realized, corporations are searching for new business applications to run on top of those systems, and unified communications has emerged as a prime option.

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Telecommuting, Teleconferencing Are On The Rise

Posted by Jennifer Moline 07:26 PM ET | Dec 3, 2008

An increase in fuel prices and the continuation of the economic crisis have contributed to a higher number of businesspeople choosing to telecommute as well as conduct meetings via Web, video, and teleconferencing, according to two recent surveys. The surging popularity of the telecommuter has even spurred a new moniker -- the "cloudworker."

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Business & E-Business | Strategy/Analysis/Biz Dev | Unified Communications

WebEx Explains The REAL Value Of Virtual Meetings -- Or How Can You Be In Two Places At Once If You're Not Anywhere At All?

Posted by Fredric Paul 02:55 PM ET | Nov 24, 2008

Everyone know that saving money on travel costs is the whole point of Web meetings. Could everyone be wrong?

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Networking & Communications
Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 50-249 | Internet/Web | Messaging | Sales/Marketing | Services | Software-as-a-Service | Unified Communications

Polycom Retools Telepresence Product Line

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 02:51 PM ET | Oct 20, 2008

High quality, high definition video has become common in the home and has been making its way into the business sector. A number of vendors are trying to deliver telepresence systems, which offer higher quality video connections than traditional video conferencing systems. Competition is fierce in this emerging market segment, and one vendor recently enhanced its portfolio.

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Siemens Combines Mobility and Unified Communications

Posted by Fredric Paul 11:02 AM ET | Oct 14, 2008

Siemens' OpenScape Mobility Solution brings together its mobility, wireless, and Unified Communications product lines to create an end to end solution -- along with upgrades to both products.

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Mobile
Company Size: 250-999 | Networking & Communications | Unified Communications | iPhone

VoIP Uptake Continues To Grow Among Smaller Businesses, Albeit Slowly

Posted by Gayle Kesten 11:38 AM ET | Sep 18, 2008

Despite other pressing technology concerns, small and midsize businesses worldwide are creeping forward with their spending on VoIP communications systems, according to a new study from AMI-Partners.

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Networking & Communications
Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | Unified Communications

Yammer Is Twitter For Business

Posted by Fredric Paul 12:32 AM ET | Sep 11, 2008

bMighty has long been conflicted about the business value of "micro-blogging" sevices like Twitter. But the brand-new Yammer -- a twitter for the enterprise, has "won" the TechCrunch 50 event.

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Internet/Web
IT | Messaging | Social Networking | Unified Communications | Web 2.0

Paging Small and Medium Businesses

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 11:27 AM ET | Sep 10, 2008

As the market for unified communications systems continues to evolve, some traditional voice features are being ignored. Paging is one function that has been on the backburner of many unified communications suppliers’ product development checklists. However, one supplier has added that functionality to differentiate its system.

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